It stood to reason that someone locally would jump on the bandwagon of televising high school football. We should all thank our lucky stars that Comcast stepped into the breach.

The cable giant's own CN8, the Comcast Network, announced this week that it would begin airing a slate of games played in the Maryland-Virginia-Washington D.C. region, beginning with tape-delay coverage of Saturday's Severn-Archbishop Spalding game at 7 p.m.

If you are a satellite subscriber or find yourself somehow out of the Comcast sphere of influence, fear not, for the high school football package will be available live online at www.CN8.tv. In addition, each game will be available through the On Demand feature for up to a week after it airs and for no charge.